St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-29
QUEER STATE OF AFFAIRS.
The Strike Not So Near an End as
II Was.
SOME WORK is BEING DONE,
But Great Dissatisfaction and Doubt
Exist Among the Old
Employees.

erS VINO resumed WORK yesterday report
| ed for duty as usual at Port Richmond
this morning. The freight along the
| wharves was handled as usual, and in
| the r0und-hOuSe all was hustle and
activity. There were gatherings of
Knights at one or two of the headquar
tiers, at which there was much growing
at the discharge of their leaders and
numerous declarations of willingness to
resume the strike, but no formal meet
ings were held and, no action toward
again calling the hands out was taken.
There is plenty of discomfort over the
situation, and this afternoon seven of
the fourteen crews in charge of engines
| at Port Richmond ran them on SidingS
and abandoned them. Superin endent
Keim at once went to the wharf and
personally thanked the crews of the
other seven engines for their loyalty
and told them that if they
thought 1t unsafe to remain on
their engines for time their places
would be held open for them Mr..
Keim also called in the aid aof fifty
Pinkerton detectives to protect the
500 men are guarding the cOmpany's
yards and wharves. They are in citi-
zens' dress, and are thus enabled to
keep posted as to the plans of the
strikers, which they report to the
officials from time to time. The loyal
employees of the company are to be
supplied with clubs for self-defense.
NO INTERRUPTION.
POTTSvILLE, Pa, Dec. 2S.-NOtWith-
standing the fact that Knights of Labor
leaders here declare that there is
general strike all along the line of the
Reading railroad, there is no perceDtible
interruption OF operations here. The
usual complement of coal trains left
Palo Alto this morning. mostly manned
by nOn-union crews and Brotherhood
engineers. The Knights of Labor
leaders appear discounted and dis
heartened at the situation and outlook.
NOT A TRAIN OUT.
ST. CLAIR, Pa, Dee. 2S.-NOt single
coal train started out of the Frackville
branch this morning. The Reading
Railroad company employs some
twenty-five crews and engines on this
branch in the transportation of about
1880 cars daily, which are hoisted over
Mahanoy Plane, when in operation, and
sent through here.
MAHANOY PLANE, Pa, Dec. 26.-The
plane here was not in operation to-day,
have not yet started up. About twenty
five crews are usually employed on the
Plane and in this vicinity.
NO WORK BEING DONE
ELIzABETHPoBT, n. j., Dec. 2S.-The
Reading coal handlers, who were dis
charged on Friday last, kept in the
vicinity of the docks to-day in readiness
|. to go to work should they be reinStated.
No communication was sent them and
there is uncertainty as to their being
taken back. Shipper Wallace said he
had no instructions to re-emplOy them.
Only the Office clerks are at the docks
and no coal has been received since Sat
urday morning.
EXCITEMENT AT louisville.
POTTSvILLE, Pa, Dec. 2S.-There is
great excitement here owing to the new
complications that have arisen in regard
to the strike since yesterday afternoon.
Chairman Lee, of the Knights of Labor
executive committee, has been here
since last night, and all morning was
engaged in sending notices to the differ
ent assemblies in this district calling
them out until definite understanding
was come to with the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad. The order will prOba-
bly, not be needed until after the meet
ing of employees has been held in Read
ing tomorrow.
LOOKS SERIOUS.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The Read
ing company employ thirty-five engines
and crews here, and out of this number
not single crew reported for work this
morning. This is one of the busiest
railroad centers in the coal region, and
trade is practically at at standstill as
far as the Reading railroad is concerned.
A III tho the SunhurU
branch, and the coal is generally sent
via Gordon Plane, but if the crews can
be got together it is possible coal and
freight will be sent via Tampaqua.
Matters are looking serious.
NO ATTENTION PAID TO IT.
READING, Penn, Dec. 2S.-No atten-
ton has yet been paid to the notice is
sued by Chairman John l.. Lee, revok-
ing the order of the executive commit
tee directing the PHILADELPHIA & Read
ing railroad employees to go to work. All
departments of the cOmpany'S shops are
in operation this afternoon; trains have
been running all day. but two thirds are
i'll charge of new men. All coal trains
that were sidetracked south of this city
have been moved to Port Richmond,
and trains from points above Reading
and in the coal regions are being rushed
through. AS to the men striking, action
will be deferred until the assembling of
the convention of the Reading road en-
plOyes in this city tomorrow.
SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING.
READING, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The latest
strike reports indicate that a reaction is
setting in, and that the Reading Rail-
road company will not be able to fill the
places of their striking employees as
easily as they anticipated. There is
serious trouble at Shamokin, Pottsville,
Frackville, Palo Alto. and MahanOy
Plane. Everybody connected with the
train service struck at these stations
to-day and the freight and coal
traffic is virtually blocked. Su-
perintendent Lawler, of the Mahanoy
and Shamokin division, put several
crews to work at Shamokin to-day, but
very little work was accomplished. The
Reading officials in the city are not feel
ing so elated tonight. The sky is not
so bright, and their smiling faces have
changed. There Is serious trouble
brewing, and unless the company hur-
ries up its reinforcements of new men it
is likely to experience a block which
will not only require several days but
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